Earlier today i was just flipping channels on television and came across the history channel, they were talking about different societies during the Vietnam War. They began to mention Aldous Huxley and gave a bunch of back ground information on him. They said that he was kind of like the "Hippie of England" during the Vietnam War and that he was a major contributor to the hippie movement.
Another thing they said about him was that he, and many other people, were so unhappy with this war that they turned to drugs to help get away from it. They also mentioned that he was a LSD addict and that even on his death bed he had them dropping it into his blood. But other than that little tid bit of information. We can definitely see that the book we are all reading was derived from a war that our forefathers were in and that by writing this book he was sending a message to the world. A message we are still getting today by reading his book and sharing the vital message that violence is not the answer and that it will only lead to more violent things
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The Doors of Perception is Huxley's book about LSD. He was among one of many intellectuals from the 1960s who dropped acid and then analyzed and wrote about their experiences.
I'd like to point out that BNW was written in the 30s -- and by the time Huxley got to the 50s and 60s, these issues had been on his mind for a long time.
Some of this can be tracked down while completing the annotated webography -- there are links to more of Huxley's work.
What else is to be expected from a humanist.
Not to mention he was the grandson of the great Thomas Huxley.
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